Mary Jo Kilroy a Birther?

Wow. Didn’t see this one coming. As Tim notes, a house resolution passed overwhelmingly today that recognized Hawaii as President Obama’s birthplace. A total jab to the birther insanity that has gripped the GOP.

Yes, Joe. I’m sure there is a real good explanation. I was just wondering. You’d figure Mary Jo would want to affirm that her party’s President was indeed born in these United States. You know, as a kind of middle finger to these wingnut birthers. MJK seems to be someone who might want to make this vote and statement.

Maybe she was sick. Happens all the time…

Paul

I didn’t look up Kilroy, but I did look up Tiberi and he missed both of the two roll call votes that day.

Much ado about nothing.

As for Mary Jo, the concept that her missing that vote means anything is laughable.

Anastasia P

I don’t think it’s an odd vote to miss at all. It’s not legislation ? it’s a resolution. It’s a Monday. Nearly 50 other congresspeople didn’t vote on it either. Most of them probably looked at the legislative schedule and, realizing that nothing that actually impacted constituents was on the agenda, stayed in their districts to get a little extra work done and took a later flight to D.C. Just because the birthers want to make a phony issue out of this doesn’t mean that every congressperson should drop everything and rush back to D.C. to vote on a resolution honouring a state’s anniversary ? which was what the resolution was. The thing about Obama being born there was just a tuck-in to tweak the birthers.